HIGH POINT HANDBOOK GRAMMAR

Sentences What is a sentence? A group of words that express a complete thought. A group of words that express a complete thought. Sentences begin with a capital letters. Sentences begin with a capital letters. They end in punctuation. They end in punctuation. They contain simple subject and simple predicate.They contain simple subject and simple predicate.Example: Cindy ran. Cindy ran to the store.

Nouns A noun is the name of any person, place, or thing. The first letters of some nouns are capitalized to show a specific name or title (Greg). These are called proper nouns. Other nouns that are not specific do not use a capital letter (man). These are called common nouns.

Nouns The main noun or pronoun of a sentence is the Simple Subject (S.S.) The S.S. tells us who or what the sentence is about. Every sentence has a S.S. Nouns that have a singular and plural form are called count nouns. Nouns that only have a singular form are called non-count nouns.

Nouns Examples –person : teacher The teacher was nice. –place : school We learn at school. –thing : book Take your book. My hunger was unbearable. Their love was strong. I’d like to go for a walk.

Nouns Examples –person : teacher The teacher was nice. –place : school We learn at school. –thing : book Take your book. My hunger was unbearable. Their love was strong. I’d like to go for a walk.

Simple Subject (S.S.) What nouns or pronouns bellow are Simple Subjects? - The teacher was nice. - We learn at school. - Take your book. - My hunger was unbearable. - Their love was strong. - I’d like to go for a walk.

Simple Subject (S.S.) - The teacher was nice. - We learn at school. - (You)Take your book. - My hunger was unbearable. - Their love was strong. - I’d like to go for a walk.

Pronouns A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun. Find pronouns bellow and add them where needed. Yolanda did the homework. Thomas Jefferson lived on his family farm. Don’t forget about Tina and me.

Pronouns A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun. –I did the homework. –He lived on his family farm. –Don’t forget about us.

Adjectives Adjectives are words that modify (describe) nouns or pronouns –Adjectives tell what kind, how many, or which one –In English, adjectives usually come before the words they describe –In English, adjectives are never plural - even when the nouns they describe are plural

Adjectives Find adjectives bellow: amazing universe nine planets confused boy purple flower

Adjectives Examples: amazing universe nine planets confused boy purple flower

Verbs Most verbs show action Example: –Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.

Verbs Some verbs show the state of being or links the subject to other words in the sentence.That means that they tell us something that is happening now, present, or in the past. We call theme linking verbs. Example She was an African-American.

Verbs Some verbs help the action verb to express ability, possibility, or a chance that something may happen. We call them helping verbs. Example: A hurricane can cause a lot of damage.

Verbs The verb is the main word in the predicate part of the sentence. The main verb is the Simple Predicate (S.P.) Every sentence has a Simple Predicate. The verb also shows time which is called tense. The form of the verb or its tense can tell when the action takes place.

Simple Predicate (S.P.) Find the S.P. in the sentences bellow. -The teacher was nice. - We learn at school. - Take your book. - My hunger is unbearable. - Their love was strong. - I’d like to go for a walk.

Simple Predicate (S.P.) -The teacher was nice. - We learn at school. - Take your book. - My hunger is unbearable. - Their love was strong. - I’d like to go for a walk. (would)

Verbs Present Simple watch/watches Present Perfect has/have watched Present Continuous is/am/are watching Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) has/have been watching Past Simple watched Past Perfect had watched Past Continuous was watching Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) had been watching Future Simple will watch Future Perfect will have watched Future Continuous will be watching Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive) will have been watching